11 May 2011 | B’Tselem Dispossession and Exploitation: Israel’s Policy in the Jordan Valley & Northern Dead Sea Click here for an interactive version. Download the full report here (pdf). The Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea area contains ...
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Breaking the Gaza embargo and Israeli piracy
10 May 2011 | Huwaida Arraf, Noam Chomsky and Gabriel Schivone A year ago this month, Israel shocked the world when it attacked a humanitarian convoy on its way to Gaza in international waters, killing 9 civilians, injuring dozens more, ...
Read More »Israeli army fires on Gaza demonstration at Erez Crossing
10 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza The Israeli army fired on 50 Palestinian and international activists protesting the Israeli-enforced closure of the “buffer zone” at Erez Crossing in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip today. The demonstration, organized by the ...
Read More »UN Special Rapporteur on torture to give expert opinion on the arrest of minors in Israeli military court
10 May 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee The Special Rapporteur’s expert opinion will be filed to the Ofer Military Court by the defense next Monday in a pre-trial hearing in the case of 14 year-old Islam Dar Ayyoub who ...
Read More »Settlers attack a school in northern West Bank
09 May 2011 | Palestine News Network A group of Israeli settlers attacked on Monday morning a Palestinian school in the southern part of Nablus, northern West Bank. Witnesses told local media that the settlers smashed windows and put-up a ...
Read More »Israeli troops arrest four civilians during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities
09 May 2011 | Palestine News Network Four Palestinian civilians were arrested by Israeli soldiers, three from the same family, during morning invasions targeting West Bank communities. In Beit Sahour, a town in southern West Bank near Bethlehem, soldiers stormed ...
Read More »24 year old man from Iraq Burin shot by teargas canister at close range
8 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Yesterday afternoon, 24 year old Abdalah Aadus from the village of Iraq Burin was taken to hospital after being shot in the side by a teargas canister which was fired from close range. ...
Read More »Israeli forced demolish tent village in the South Hebron Hills
7 May 2011 | Christian Peacemaker Teams On Friday, May 6, the Israeli military declared the area of Amniyr, a Palestinian village south of Yatta, a closed military zone and chased away the families who own the land, after demolishing ...
Read More »Bedouin hamlet destroyed for 3rd time
5 May 2011 | Maan News Women of the Bedouin herding hamlet of Khirbet Amniyr sat on the earth and watched Israeli forces demolish their 12 tent homes for the third time on Thursday morning. The women said they were ...
Read More »Palestinian women smuggled into Israel for 6th time
4 May 2011 | Palestinian Solidarity Project Earlier this week, a group of 12 Israeli women smuggled 8 Palestinian women and 4 children into Israel, in defiance of Israeli law. The trip was an act of civil disobedience intended to ...
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